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C, L. JOHNSTON.

MANIFOLDING SALES BOOK.

' APPLICATION FILED MAR. 29. 1916.

1 309,289. Patented July 8, 1919.

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C; L. JOHNSTON.

MANIFOLDING SALES BOOK.

APPLICATION F'ILED MAR. 29. 19th.

Patented July 8, 1919.

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:INI/ENTOR' A TTOHWEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLARENCE L. JOHNSTON, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO PACIFIC BURT COMPANY, LIMITED, 015 TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA, A CORRORATION OF ONTARIO.

MANIFOLDIN G SALES-BOOK.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE L. JOE-IN- STON, a citizen of the United States, residin at Oakland, in the county of Alameda an State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Manifolding Sales-Books, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which is appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to manifolding devices, and with respect to its more specific features, to manifolding salesbooks.

One of the objects of the invention is the provision of a simple and inexpensive form of book wherewith quadruplicate copies may be made.

Another object .of the invention is the provision of a practical book of the character referred to wherewiththe quadruplicate copies may be made with 'a minimum amount of material.

Other objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed out hereinafter.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter set forth, and the scope of the appli cation of which will be indicated in the following claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification and wherein similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is'a perspective view illustrating one embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a side view of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a side View illustrating a form slightiy different from that shown in Fig. 1; an

Fig. 4 illustrates the invention embodied in still a different form.

It is to be understood that the illustrations are more or less diagrammatic, for clearer disclosure.

Referring now more particularly to the form illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, the letters A-and B indicate two books or pads, each of 'which comprises a plurality of leaves bound together at one edge, each leaf having a folded portion lying thereon. The main and folded portions of the leaves of pad A are indicated respectively by the numerals 1 and 2, and those of pad B by the numerals Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 29, 1916. Serial No. 87,386.

3 and 4. .These leaves may be composed of thin paper, such as usually employed for manifolding salesbooks and which is of a relatively opaque character as distinguished from transparent, ortissue leaves, records on which latter are more readily read through the leaves. The leaves of the pad A are preferably bound together in book form by providing each ofthem with a stub 5 and passing staples 6 therethrough and through a backing 7 comprising a sheet offiexible material, such as Manila paper,- which, as will hereinafter appear, may form one of the elementsof a binder.

The book B may be composed of opaque sheets similar to the 'book A, but as the char 'acteristics of the invention best display themselves in connection with transparent leaves, it, is preferred that the book B shall be composed oftissue leaves bound together at one edge, each of these transparent leaves having the folded transparent portion 4 lying thereon. Like'the book A, the leaves of the book "B may be provided with stubs 9 bound together by staples l0, and to a relatively stifi backing member 11 which may be composed of pasteboard or other suitable relatively stiff material.

The books A and B are superposed one on the other, with the bound edges parallel and at the same end of the device, so that the leaves of each book extend in the same direction from the stub ends of said leaves when the books are in superposed relation.

he numeral 12 indicates atransfer leaf having a folded portion 13, this leaf being adapted to be disposed between a leaf of one book and a leaf of the other book, and while viewed in some aspects the transfer leaf may be connected to any suitable part of the book which will permit the same assuming operative position for manifolding purposes, it is preferred to bind the transfer leaf with the leaves of one of the books, as for instance with the leaves of the book A, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, the transfer leaf being bound to the book A with the stubs of the leaves of said book and by the same means. The transfer lea-f 12 is a double faced carbon sheet, and the extended portion 13 thereof may also be a double faced carbon sheet, although the upper face of the extended portion, when the transfer sheet is in operative position, is not necessarily car- ..bonized. I

In the form illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 it is intended to retain one inscribed copy in the device after each recording operation, and to conveniently permit this, and at the same time provide for the freermanipulation of the translucent leaves so that they readily assume operative position on the pad A, the bound end of the book B extends beyond the bound edge of the other book, as illustrated.

Also this book is provided with a backing 14 of Manila paper which may be conveniently bound with the leaves of the book B. The backings 7 and 11 are connected in such manner as to hinge on each other at the end of the device opposite the stubs, the axis of this hinge being arallel to the bound edges of books A and In the formillustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 this is accomplished by stapling these backings together, as at 15. Preferably also these connected books or pads are secured to a stiff foldable cover, the sides of which are indicated at-16 and 17 being connected by the flexible connection or hinge 18. Thus the backings 7 and 11 hinged together constitute a binder to one leaf, 7, of which the book A is connected and to the other leaf 11 of which the book B is connected. Attachments of the books A and B, to the cover may be readily effectedf by providing the backing 11 with a tongue 11 which engages a bail 12 pivoted to an abutment 13 cover side 17.

While certain features of the invention maybe adapted for sidewise operated books, the manipulative features of the device are most practically manifested when embodied in an endwise operating book; that is, in a book in which the manipulation of the leaves takes place toward and from the operator instead of crosswise of the operator, this form comporting with the natural tendency in operating a book for the purpose described, whereas the sidewise operated book resents some less desirable manipulative eatures which are eliminated in the other form.

In operation, the cover side 16 and the book B are thrown back, whereupon the transfer sheet with its underlying ,opaque leaves will be presented to the operator, the folded portion 13 of the transfer sheet lying immediately above the portion 12 to which it is directly connected. The free end of the folded portion 1 of the opaque sheet directly beneath the transfer sheet is then grasped.

between the fingers of the right hand and moved toward the operator until it has escaped the folded portion of the transfer sheet is lifted, and the translucent sheet is disposed in folded condition on top of the main portion of the transfer sheet; then the extended portion of the transfer sheet and the original sheet are folded onto the foldedtranslucent opaque upstanding from the free end of the transfer sheet; the

leaf. The device will then be ready for inscription, and it will be seen that in such position the transfer sheet extends between the translucent sheet of pad B and the sheet of pad A. An inscription made upon the folded portion of the opaque sheet will be duplicated in a positive manner upon the underlying folded portion of the translucent sheet; upon the under face of the main portion of the translucent sheet, and upon the main portion of the opaque sheet. After inscription the opaque sheet is torn from its stub along the weakened line 19 provided to facilitate such operation, and said opaque sheet may be torn apart on the weakened line 20 and proper disposition made of the two leaves thus formed. The free end of the folded portion of the trans lucent sheet is then grasped and torn from the main portion of the translucent sheet along the weakened line 21 and disposed of as desired. Thereafter the pad A is lifted, moving on its hinge at 15 as an axis, whereupon the main portion of the inscribed translucent sheet will drop onto the backing 11 or onto the translucent leaves prevlously sheet may be cut away so as to register with said recess, as at 23.

In the form illustrated in intended to remove all device, so that when the leaves have become exhausted only the stub portions will be left. In this form, as will be seen, the bound edges of the two books are directly bound together into a single stub portion,

as it were, with the outer ends of the stubs in alinement. Also, in this form, both books are provided with manila backings 2 1 and 25, the one at the bottom and theother at the top. Both the opaque and the trans lucent leaves of this form are preferably Fig. 3, a is the leaves from the provided with weakened lines in order to enable the leaves to be readily torn from their respective stubs. As all the leaves of the books A and B are to be removed in this form, the hinged binder feature of Figs- 1 and 2 is omitted.

Should it be desired to make arecord upon the upper side of sheet 3, as for example, if the leaves of the second pad be so opaque that it is difficult to read directly through the sheet the writing on the under side of the sheet 3, an additional carbon sheet may be provided in position to make an inscription on the .upper side of the sheet 3.- In Fig. 4 this modification of the I may be employed'in blank form, that is, l

invention is illustrated in connection with a book ofthe type illustrated in Fig. 3, except that in Fig. 4 the upper book 0 corresponding to the book B of Fig, 3 is illus trated as composed of opaque'sheets in order that the function of the carbon sheet about to be. described may be moreclearly manifest. In the form of the invention illustrated in Fig. 4, in order that the inscription may be positively made on the main portion of the opaque sheet C, so as to be directly read, a second transfer leaf 26 is employed and disposed between the main portion 27 of the sheet C and its folded portion 28. Preferably this second transfor leaf is a single face carbon leaf and folds intothe operative position at angle to the plane of movement of the other leaves around their bound portions. For this purpose it may be connected to the manila-backing of the pad A, at one side thereof, as at 29, from which position it may convenientlyf folded into and out of operative position between'the folds of the leaves C.

It will '.be understood that in either, form of the device all the records mayigbe removed, and that if it should be desired to remove the main portion of the transparent sheet of the embodiment of Figs. 1f and 2, this sheet would, preferably be provided with a weakened line 30, permitting it to readily tear at a predetermined part While the leaves of the pads Ai i'lnd B without printed matter thereon, it to be understood thatin their preferred doinmercial form the leaves are printed, to-

identify the establishment using them, and are provided with blocked-out spaces for the address of the customer, the goods purchased, and the price of such goods, etc.' The printed indicia will be arranged cross Wise of the book parallel to the bound edges of the pads, and the several leavesof each book will be numbered consecutively from 1 to 50, etc., as the case may be, each pad consisting of a series of 1 to 50, etc, main leaves, and the folded leaf of each series beingsimilarly numbered.

In view of the above 'is-provided a construction' wherewith are accomplished, among others, all of the objects hereinbefore referred to. As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of this. invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings guage used in the following claims is intended to cover all of the generic and specific features of the invention herein described and all statements of the scope of the invention, which, as a matter of language, might be said to fall therebetween.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a manifolding device, incombination, a book comprising a plurality of leaves bound'together at one edge, each leaf having a folded portibn-lying thereon, a second book comprising a plurality of leaves bound together at one edge, each leaf having folded portion lying thereon, said books being superposed one on the other with the bound edges parallel and at the same end of the device, and a transfer leaf having a folded portion and adapted to be disposed between a leaf of one book and a leaf of the other book.

2. In a manifolding device, in combination, a book comprising a plurality of leaves bound together at one edge, each leaf having a folded portion lying thereon, a sec- 0nd book comprising a plurality of leaves 90 'bound together at one edge, each leaf having'a'folded portion lying thereon, said books being superposed one on the other with the bound edges parallel and at the same end of the device, and a double faced transfer leaf having a folded portion and adapted to be disposed between a leaf of one book and a leaf of the other book.

3. In a manifolding device, in combination, abook comprising a plurality of leaves 1 bound together at one edge, each leaf hav ing a folded portion lying thereon, a sec 0nd book comprising a plurality of leaves bound together at one edge, each leaf having a folded portion lying thereon, said books being superposed one on the other with the bound edges parallel and at the same end of the device, and a double faced transfer leaf bound with the leaves of one of said books and having a folded portion inga folded portion lying thereon, said books being superposed one on the other with the bound edges parallel and at the same end of the device, a transfer leaf having a folded portion and adapted to be disposed between a leafof one book and a leaf of the other book, and a second transfer leaf adapted to be disposed between V the folds of one of said book leaves.

5. In a manifolding device, in combination, a book comprising a plurality of leaves bound together at one edge, each being superposed bound together at one edge, each leaf having a folded portion lying thereon, a second book comprising a pluralit of leaves eaf having a folded portion lying thereon, said books one on the other with the bound edges parallel and at the same end of the device, a double faced transfer leaf bound with the leaves of one of said books, and a single face transfer leaf adapted "to fold into operative position at anan le to the line of movement of said other eaves around their bound portions.

6. In a manifolding device, in combination, a plurality of books connected together and superposed, the leaves of said books being each folded on themselves, and a foldable carbon transfer sheet connected to said device and disposed between said books.

7. In a manifolding device, in combination, a plurality of books connected together and superposed, the leaves of said books being each folded on themselves, and a carbon transfer sheet folded on itself and connected to said device and disposed between said books.

8. In a manifolding device, in combination, a book comprising a plurality of leaves bound together ing a folded portion second book comprising a leaves'bound together at one edge, each at one edge, each leaf havlying thereon, and a leaf plurality of 7 having a folded portion lying thereon, said books being superposed one on the other with the bound edges parallel and at the same end. of the device, the bound edges of said books being bound together, and a double faced transfer sheet bound with the leaves of one of said books and having a folded portion adapted to be disposed between the folded of the other book.

9. In a manifolding device, in combination, a book comprising a plurality of leaves bound together at one edge, ing a folded portion lying thereon, a second book comprising a plurality ofleaves bound to ether at one edge, each leaf having a fo ded portion lying thereon, said books being superposed one on the other with the bound edgesparallel and at the same end of the device, a transfer leaf having a folded portion and adapted to be disposed between a leaf of one book and a leaf of the other book, and a second transfer leaf adapted to be disposed between the folds of one of said book leaves, the leaves of said books being of opaque material.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CLARENCE L. JOHNSTON.

Witnesses: HORACE P. BROWN, J. M. BUTLER.

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